HOW FAR? HOW FAST?

ROBIN FREDERICK

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Rendezvous

I have a dream that visits like a friend
Each night I wake before I reach the end
It happens without fail, I see in such detail
A place I know I've never been

The path I take each night is overgrown
Unfamiliar and yet dimly known
Though few have ventured here
I travel without fear
Somehow I know I'm not alone

RENDEZVOUS, RENDEZVOUS
I'LL COME TO YOU
A DREAMER WHO MUST KEEP A RENDEZVOUS

I hear a voice that calls from far away
"Come to me now," is all the voice will say
It echoes in my ears and fills my eyes with tears
I grow more restless every day
A shadow beckons in the shimmering air
I reach for you but there is no one there
The loss is bittersweet for we are bound to meet
Our hearts have chosen when and where

RENDEZVOUS, RENDEZVOUS
I'LL COME TO YOU
A LOVER WHO MUST KEEP A RENDEZVOUS

You have a dream that visits like a friend
Each night you wake before you reach the end
It happens without fail, you see in such detail
A place you know you've never been

RENDEZVOUS, RENDEZVOUS
I'LL WAIT FOR YOU
A LOVER WHO MUST KEEP A RENDEZVOUS

Reasons To Love
Sheet Music

Isolated material particles are abstractions
Their properties being definable and observable
Only through their interaction with other systems. *

Words that have no one to hear them
Fall like dry leaves to the ground
They yearn for the ears of another
Meaning gives power to sound.

A self when it sees no reflection
Blows like red dust in the wind
A shell till the eyes of another
Mirror the image within

Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil
Set off a tornado in Texas?

REASONS TO LOVE
SO MANY REASONS TO LOVE
IN THE SEASON OF LOVE
HONOR THE REASONS TO LOVE

(Repeat verse)

The gaze needs to rest on a source of affection
The voice needs a song it can sing
The soul must have something to hold its attention
The strings of the heart must go 'zing'.

REASONS TO LOVE
SO MANY REASONS TO LOVE
IN THE SEASON OF LOVE
HONOR THE REASONS TO LOVE

The Heart At Rest

The heart in motion rushes like a blind fool
Seeking 'tomorrows' as if they were gold
The heart at rest reflects in a calm pool
One moment of ecstasy too perfect to hold.

The heart in motion chases after others
Until exhaustion brings it to its knees
The heart at rest, the world's patient lover
Finds without effort everything it needs.

When I am lost in the song of the Sirens
Tossed by the waves upon the rocks
Then every day is like a solitary island
In a sea of nervous shocks.

The heart in motion hungers without ceasing
Takes a hundred lovers and still grows bored
The heart at rest feels your heart beating
And draws you to me on a silken cord.

How Far? How Fast?

The waves, the tide, the flow of the ocean
The veil that hides the depth of emotion
The weight of drops, the current that ceases
When time is stopped, the touch that releases
How far from shore?
How fast are we going?
The wind's a roar
Which way is it blowing?
The gulls cry. You and I meet.
We have wings now. We can fly.

HOW FAST WILL IT TAKE US? HOW FAR
WILL WE GO ON THIS JOURNEY OF OURS?
HOW VAST? CAN YOU SHOW ME THE STARS?
HOW FAST? HOW FAR?

HOW FAR CAN WE TAKE IT? HOW FAST?
CAN WE SHAKE OFF THE CHAINS OF THE PAST?
HOW HARD TO HAVE IT AT LAST?
HOW FAR? HOW FAST?

The sun, the moon, the galaxies spinning
All dance to a tune. The end. The beginning.
The speed of light, the breath that propels us
The void, the night, the feeling that tells us
When space and time become an illusion
And we are one, a product of fusion
The earth sighs. You and I touch.
We are voyagers 'cross the sky.

Picture This

We are walking in the desert
The moon's about to rise
Our feet fall in rhythm
There's silence all around us
Silence connects
Silence is broken
As we listen a coyote cries

TWO PEOPLE WITH ONE HEART

We are sitting on a hilltop
The sky is painted blue
With your arm around my shoulder
We talk about the future
Talk about our feelings
Talk about the meanings
It¹s so easy talking to you

TWO PEOPLE, TWO PEOPLE
WITH ONE HEART AND ONE SOUL
TWO PEOPLE, TWO PEOPLE
THE PIECES OF ONE WHOLE

We are sitting in a garden
Shadows on the ground
So close to one another
We drift like petals
Drift on the wind
Drift through the hours
Time is slowing down

TWO PEOPLE, THE PIECES

Now we're standing by the water
The waves are silver and blue
In the cry of a seagull
I hear all the voices
Listen to their wishes
Visit with the dreamers
I know I am dreaming, too

TWO PEOPLE (PICTURE THIS)
TWO PEOPLE (PICTURE THIS)
WITH ONE HEART AND ONE SOUL

TWO PEOPLE (PICTURE THIS)
TWO PEOPLE (PICTURE THIS)
THE PIECES OF ONE WHOLE

I am lying in a meadow
Sleeping next to you
I know this will happen
We make all the magic
Create every moment
Real is imagined
Life is the pictures coming true.

Calling Dr. Zarkov

Cleopatra, John Wayne
Mae West, Tarzan and Jane
The Lone Ranger, James Bond
Jean Harlow, any platinum blond

Valentino, Frankie and Annette,
Salome, Romeo and Juliet
Marilyn Monroe, Superman
Any hero with a perfect tan

MEANWHILE, BACK AT REALITY
IS THIS THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO BE?
IT'S SO HARD TO LET IT GO
SOMETIMES ILLUSIONS ARE ALL WE KNOW

Casanova, Hercules
Lady Godiva, another strip-tease
Mata Hari, Don Juan
Just a mirage dragging us on

Errol Flynn, Sam Spade
The perfect tan eventually fades
We keep chasing an image of love
Needing embraces of flesh and blood

MEANWHILE, BACK AT REALITY
IS THIS THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO BE?
IT'S SO HARD TO LET IT GO
SOMETIMES ILLUSIONS ARE ALL WE KNOW

In The Eagle's Eye

Out of the night like the beating of drums
Comes the sound of hoofbeats on stone
No moon lights her way yet onward she runs
For she knows, deep inside, the way home
The wise are learning
And the old are growing young
We keep returning
Journeys end where they¹ve begun
IN THE EAGLE'S EYE, THE WORLD IS SPINNING
IN THE EAGLE'S EYE, WE LIVE, LOVE, AND DIE
BORN ON THE WIND
WE ARE HER CHILDREN
ON WINGS OF TIME WE FLY
IN THE EAGLE'S EYE.

Awake in the night, unable to rest
The nightingale knows he must sing
The notes rising up from his soft, feathered breast
Hang like the beads on a string.

I am your brother
Horse and Rider, hear my call
The ancient Mother
In her gaze, she gathers all

IN THE EAGLE'S EYE, THE WORLD IS SPINNING
IN THE EAGLE'S EYE, WE LIVE, LOVE, AND DIE
BORN ON THE WIND
WE ARE HER CHILDREN
ON WINGS OF TIME WE FLY
IN THE EAGLE'S EYE.

Feel Your Way

Take a train of thought to the border
Through cities that burst at the seams
Listen to the sound of the motor
That powers the engine of dreams

FEEL YOUR WAY

Be led by your own intuition
Through the jungle of nerves in the brain
Consider yourself on a mission
Your heart is a scout moving silently out in the rain

FEEL YOUR WAY

Schedule departure for midnight
When the moon is heavy and full
In the touch of her fingers of transparent light
There's the undeniable pull

FEEL YOUR WAY, FEEL YOUR WAY
PUT YOUR HANDS OUT BEFORE YOU
AND FEEL YOUR WAY

Find the source of your heartbeat
Use the compass engraved on your skin
Communicate it to Star Fleet
The proceed to a space deep within

(CHORUS)

Cross the emotional nova
Burning in back of your eyes
Follow your senses until you discover
The wish contained in your sighs

(CHORUS)

Love is certain to find you
When stars grow suddenly pale
And animals follow like shadows behind you
Completely erasing the trail

Time Is On Our Side

Like a comet returning to light the skies
You fill my heart with wonder
Forgotten worlds unfold within your eyes
I've heard their distant thunder

TIME IS ON OUR SIDE
TIME IS ON OUR SIDE
LOVE WILL SURVIVE

Many lives ago and far away
Our love began its journey
In your arms where long ago I lay
I breathe a breath of eternity

TIME IS ON OUR SIDE
TIME IS ON OUR SIDE
LOVE WILL SURVIVE

I was traveler, you were a healer
Come to me once more
I was a sailor, you were a savior
Teach my heart to soar
I was a warrior, you were my brother
Time's an open door
We are ancient, we have met here
Many times before

Like leaves adrift sometimes we part
But we must trust in the river
If we let her take us by the heart
We will reach the shore together

TIME IS ON OUR SIDE
TIME IS ON OUR SIDE

Strange Attractors

Instrumental, no lyrics